Multivessel Percutaneous Coronary Interventions in the United States: Insights From the Nationwide Inpatient Sample

Conclusion:
MVPCI is associated with higher inhospital mortality, LOS, and hospitalization costs compared to single vessel, single stent PCI. Higher volume hospitals had lower overall postprocedural mortality rate along with shorter LOS and lower hospitalization costs following MVPCI.

Source: Angiology - February 24, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Arora, S., Panaich, S. S., Patel, N. J., Patel, N., Solanki, S., Deshmukh, A., Singh, V., Lahewala, S., Savani, C., Thakkar, B., Dave, A., Patel, A., Bhatt, P., Sonani, R., Patel, A., Cleman, M., Forrest, J. K., Schreiber, T., Badheka, A. O., Grines, C. Tags: Coronary Artery Disease Source Type: research